Speakers

Friday, June 2 to Sunday June 11, 2017 (10 days conference)

Dr David Frawley is a widely acknowledged American Hindu teacher. He has written more than thirty scholarly books on wide ranging topics such as the Vedas, Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma), Yoga, Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology. He is the founder and director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies.
He is a recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan award, one of the highest civilian awards granted by Government of India, “for his distinguished services of a high order to the India. He is also known by his Hindu name Pandit Vamadeva Shastri.

Dr. K.S. Charak, FRCS, the Head of the Department of Surgery at Spinal Injury Hospital in Delhi. Dr. Charak has been teaching Vedic Astrology for the last 25 years at Indian Council of Astrological Sciences in Delhi; and practicing it for the last 40 years. He has written several books appreciated all over the world. Dr Charak also leads SOSMT, a charitable organization devoted to providing free surgical and medical care to the poor and the ailing in the rural areas of India. He holds the honorary title of Jyotish Kovid conferred on him by Indian Council of Vedic Sciences (ICA...

Vinay Aditya is the author of a famous book on Ashtakavarga called Dots of Destiny. He holds a degree in Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India and has been teaching Vedic Astrology in countries like USA, Germany and England for nearly 15 years, and in India for more than two decades. Having an analytical approach and a thirst for the innovative, he has been a regular faculty at the AVG seminars for the last 16 years. He holds the honorary title of Jyotish Vachaspati conferred on him by Indian Council of Vedic Sciences (ICAS), India.

Vinod Prakash Goel is a former officer of the Indian Engineering Services and has served the Ministry of Defense, Government of India. He also held senior managerial positions with private companies in India and abroad before setting up a business in engineering, manufacturing and contracting. V.P. Goel is an M.Tech. from IIT Kharagpur and B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Honors) from Banaras Hindu University. In the years 1999 and 2000, he was awarded the Gold Medals for Jyotish Alankar and Jyotish Acharya at the Institute of Astrology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. V.P. Goel has been teachi...

Sunil John runs an online magazine Saptarishis Astrology which has become very popular all over the world in a short span of time. He is a publisher of Astrology books by profession and a teacher by passion. He has learnt many obscure and hitherto unknown Jyotish predictive techniques from his illustrious mentors which he is ever too willing to share with his students.

Michiel Boender is the man behind Parashara's Light, the most popular and user-friendly programs for Jyotish for the last two decades. A long term spiritual practitioner, he is devoted to serious studies in Jyotish with an exceptionally innovative turn of mind.

Michael Sugarman has been studying astrology since age 19, Vedic astrology assiduously over the past 15 years. Has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and a certification in alcoholism and drug addiction counseling.

Rakesh Mishra has a degree in Psychology and has lived around the world as his father was in Foreign Service of India. Rakesh Mishra has been studying Sidereal Western astrology for 35 years and Vedic astrology for over 20 years. One of his goals is to bring together the best of both systems. He co-hosted a live cable TV show in New York for 8 years. He has been practicing Astrology for the last 30 years in the USA and caters to an international clientele.

Ronnie Gale Dreyer is an internationally known astrological consultant, lecturer and teacher of Jyotish based in New York City. She has authored several Vedic Astrology books, and delivers lectures extensively for astrology groups and conferences internationally. Ronnie received her MA from Columbia University in South Asian Languages and Cultures, and wrote her thesis on Strijataka (women’s astrology).

Shambhavi Chopra teaches the deeper aspects of yoga. She is rooted in the ancient teachings and traditions of Bhakti Yoga, Shakti Sadhana, Jyotisha, Mantra Yoga and Ayurveda. She unfolds the bliss of well-being through Vedic Upaya, ancient rituals, mantra and meditation.
Shambhavi is the author of two best-selling books on the Goddess (Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within and Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess). She has recorded two Mantra CDs, Yogini Bhava (Devi mantras) and Jyotir Bhava (astrological mantras).